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COVID-19 Today: A look at the numbers for Newmarket, York Region, Ontario

Newmarket continues zero new cases streak; York Region reports 14 new cases for 3,627 total; Ontario's new cases climb to 232, 1 new death
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Editor's Note, Sept. 23, 2020: This report has been edited to remove the name of a child care centre that was incorrectly reported by Public Health Ontario to have a confirmed COVID-19 case.  

Newmarket (reported Friday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m.)

  • 263 cases of COVID-19
  • 0 new cases since Sept. 10
  • 237 cases resolved (90%)
  • 4 active cases
  • 22 deaths
  • 1 hospitalized
  • 2 new cases in last 7 days
  • 295 cases per 100,000 population
  • 63 tests on Sept. 11: 0 positive, 63 negative, 0 indeterminate

The Nitty Gritty

  • 134 cases outbreak (51%)
  • 52 (+2) cases close contact (20%)
  • 45 cases community transmission (17%)
  • 4 cases under investigation (2%)
  • 21 cases travel (8%)
  • 7 cases workplace cluster
  • 62 cases age 80+, or 24%
  • 42 cases age 55 to 64, or 16%
  • 42 cases age 65 to 79, or 16%
  • 38 cases age 35 to 44, or 14%
  • 38 cases age 19 to 34, 14%
  • 28 cases age 45 to 54, or 11%
  • 7 cases age 4 to 13, or 3%
  • 5 cases age 14 to 18, or 2%
  • 1 case age 0 to 3, or 0%

York Region (reported Friday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m.)

  • 3,627 (+13) confirmed cases of COVID-19
  • 14 new cases since Sept. 11
  • 3,224 cases resolved (89%)
  • 150 (-4) active cases
  • 0 more deaths, totalling 253
  • 10 cases are hospitalized; 2 patients in ICU
  • 553 health-care workers infected
  • 105 workplace cluster locations, 8 (-1) active, 645 cases 

Recovery Measures

  • 117 new cases reported in last 7 days
  • 302 (+1) cases per 100,000 population
  • 14 (+1) new community cases daily average in last 7 days
  • 1.21  7-day median reproductive number*
  • 31% of new cases unknown source of infection 
  • 502 total tests since Sept. 11: 2 positive, 500 negative, 0 indeterminate

*Rt is the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If above 1.0, the virus will spread quickly. When Rt is below 1.0, the virus stops spreading.

Institutional Outbreaks

  • 74 institutional outbreaks; 5 active
  • 2nd outbreak confirmed at Vaughan’s Villa Colombo Vaughan Di Poce Centre LTC, 10443 Hwy. 27
  • 2nd outbreak confirmed at Markham’s Yee Hong Ho Lai Oi Wan Centre LTC, 2780 Bur Oak Ave.  
  • 2nd outbreak with a COVID-19 positive staff member at Markham’s Participation House, 9 Butternut Lane) 
  • A previously confirmed outbreak at Aurora’s Cobblestone Lodge that was reported closed should have been classified a suspect outbreak. 

The Nitty Gritty

  • 1,378 (+12) cases, or 38%, close contact
  • 1,006 cases, or 28%, institutional outbreak
  • 785 (+4) cases, or 22%, community transmission
  • 217 (+1), or 6%, travel
  • 151, or 4%, workplace cluster
  • 823 (+4) cases age 19 to 34, or 23%
  • 602 cases age 55 to 64, or 17%
  • 607 (+5) cases age 45 to 54, or 17%
  • 520 cases age 80+, or 14%
  • 459 cases age 65 to 79, or 13%
  • 429 (+1) cases ages 35 to 44, or 12%
  • 95 (+2) cases age 14 to 18, or 3%
  • 66 (+1) cases age 4 to 13, or 2%
  • 26 cases age 0 to 3, or 1%

Around the region:

  • Vaughan 1,558 (+5) cases, 55 (+1) active
  • Richmond Hill 431 (+2) cases, 26 (-6) active
  • Markham 822 (+5) cases, 49 (+2) active
  • Aurora 157 cases, 10 (-1) active
  • Newmarket 263 cases, 4 active
  • Georgina 167 cases, 1 active
  • East Gwillimbury 74 (+1) cases, 1 active
  • King 57 cases, 2 active
  • Whitchurch-Stouffville 97 cases, 2 active

Ontario (reported at 10:30 a.m. today):

  • 44,300 confirmed cases of COVID-19 
  • 232 new cases since Sept. 11 
  • 1 new death, totalling 2,814
  • 39,717 resolved 90% of cases
  • 43 (-6) cases are hospitalized; 12 (-6) in ICU; 8 (-1) on ventilators
  • 35,618 more tests completed, with 30,491 awaiting results
  • 1.0% (0.0% change) positivity of tests Sept. 10

Institutional Outbreaks 

  • 441 (+5) outbreaks at long-term care homes, 30 (+5) active
  • 194 (+1) outbreaks at retirement homes, 18 (-2) active
  • 98 outbreaks at hospitals, 2 active
  • 1,817 long-term care resident deaths
  • 5,967 (+2) cases are long-term care residents
  • 6,768 cases are health-care workers (15.4%)

Ontario (COVID-19 cases in Ontario’s publicly funded schools, child care centres, last reported on Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m.)

  • 0 new school-related cases; 13 total
  • 0 new school-related student cases; 4 total 
  • 0 new school-related staff cases; 9 total 
  • 13 of 4,828 schools with a reported case (0.27%)
  • Current number of schools closed: data not yet collected
  • 0 schools in York Region with active cases
  • 18 of 4,375 child care centres with a reported case (0.41%)